Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Wednesday - Ballooning and R&R

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Wake up call today was at 4AM for a sunset hot air balloon ride over the Luxor Temples.  We were expecting a small group, maybe one balloon.  We counted about 20 balloons with 24 people in each basket, over 400 people careening around in the air above Luxor!

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This is Mohammed our captain filling the balloon to take off.

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A couple of views from the balloon, on the right this fellow is harvesting something that is about 4 feet deep loading into his basket to then put on his camel.

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Here we are flying over Hatshepsut Temple

T0night we head back to Cairo for the Museum and the Citadel.